4 gb ram windows xp 32 bit

Did you mean:. Last reply by X3lectric Unsolved. How can i enable 4 gb of ram in windows xp 32 bit version. How can i enable 4 gb of ram in windows xp 32 bit version any one knows please give the guidence or link thank you. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.

Replies 7. You can't. I have the same issue. Because you can normally access almost 4GB. Supports up to 8 gb of ram a. Flex mode allows symmetrical, Dual Channel mode for unmatched sodimms c. Dell Bios A09 supports 6 gb of ram 2 gb slot a, 4 gb slot b there are ideas on ideastorm to get Dell to write bios for 8 gb please promote d.

Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Desktop SDK. Sign in to vote. But seems never heard that XP 32bit can find only 3GB physical memory. Is that true? Anyone can enlighten me? Friday, May 23, AM. Some of the address space is required by hardware devices. Particularly the video adapter. Sunday, May 25, PM. Thursday, July 31, AM.

Originally posted by: Nothinman with those specs, why not go with a server OS? Jul 10, 3, 0 0. There is something about a certain addressable memory range that is reserved, so thats why Windows XP 32 bit will only see and use about 3.

Doesn't look like it to me, but hey, I've seen people suggest that things like Silicon Graphics workstations would be just great for gaming Anyway, 4G of RAM would be useless for games, nothing uses more than like 1.

I think there's a 2G limit on XP home, but not pro, so I don't know why it won't work. You sure the motherboard supports it? Actually, I am running Windows Server Eval at the moment. And it does see and use all of the ram.

I am not using it much for gaming.. Some gaming yes.. Not alot.. I do a lot of video work, and it uses alot of ram. But but to the x32 windows xp. I did load xp, and in system info, it would see 4gb. Taskman would only see 2, and only use 2. I understand the 3. I just want to see it use over 2gb..

And it wont What am I missing? Thanks for the input! Lord Banshee Golden Member. Sep 8, 1, 0 0. Is this not true? Smilin Diamond Member. Mar 4, 7, 0 0. Lord B.. Each app has 2GB of user-mode virtual address space available. This is virtual memory and has nothing to do with physical memory. What version of server is the eval? Aug 9, 2 0 0. Windows' 2GB more or less limit doesn't change from 32bit system to 32bit system. It's the limitation of the 32bit architecture itself. The actual addressing limitation is 4GB, but about half of it is used by misc.

Anyway, that's what I know But what do I know? Just my thoughts Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Desktop SDK. Sign in to vote. But seems never heard that XP 32bit can find only 3GB physical memory. Is that true? Anyone can enlighten me? Friday, May 23, AM. Some of the address space is required by hardware devices.